Petro Poroshenko

Petro Poroshenko (born 26 September 1965) was the President of Ukraine from 25 May 2014. Called "the Chocolate King" because of his large confectionery company, Poroshenko was a billionaire and a popular man, previously serving as the head of the National Bank (2007-12) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2009-10)

Biography
Poroshenko was born in Bolgrad in Odessa Oblast, Soviet Union in present-day Ukraine. Poroshenko graduated from college in 1989 with a degree in economics, and he started business by selling cacao beans. Later, he began to manufacture chocolate, and by 2012 he had $1 billion and became known as "The Chocolate King".

He also became a politician, serving as the head of the Ukrainian National Bank from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010. In 2014, Poroshenko supported the Ukrainian Revolution against the corrupt government of Viktor Yanukovych, the Russian-backed dictator who embezzled government money to build himself a mansion. Poroshenko made no large deposits of money to support the Euromaidan rebels, but helped in other ways, such as endorsing their cause. In May 2014, months after the February revolution, Russian-backed separatists stepped up their activity against President Oleksandr Turchynov as the presidential elections of 25 May inched closer. Poroshenko was a very popular candidate, and he won the elections with 55% of the vote.